Stephen Asbury

Dr Stephen Asbury (1965-) was born in Burton upon Trent, UK. He holds an MBA with Distinction, is a Six Sigma Green Belt, and is a Fellow of IOSH and IEMA. His first qualification was at law, and he worked in a variety of risk management roles in international companies for twelve years prior to a 30-year career in consultancy. In 2016, he returned to university in London to complete his doctorate. Stephen is a 4-times award winner, including RoSPA Safety Professional of the Year in 1995, IOSH President's Distinguished Service Award in 2010, and PetroSkills Top of Class award in 2014.

Consulting:

Stephen was headhunted by Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance in 1995 to become its Head of Liability Consulting. Two years later, he was appointed a Director of the world's largest insurance broker, Aon. In 1999, Stephen founded HSE consulting group CRS and became its Managing Director in 2001. He sold CRS to a large insurance group in 2014. His new company, founded 2017, is AllSafe Group Limited.

Experience:

Stephen has over 40 years' safety and risk management experience from assignments in over 60 countries on six continents. During that time, he was retained by organisations including AstraZeneca, Bombardier, Chevron, and the world's largest company, Saudi Aramco.

Service:

Stephen was elected to the Council of professional body IOSH in 1998 and served for fourteen years, including five years as a statutory director and trustee of the charity, and nine years as Chair of its Professional Committee. He was presented with the IOSH President's Distinguished Service Award in 2010.

Other public work:

In addition to eight books, Stephen is the author of ~40 technical papers, journal articles, and conference papers on safety and risk management. He speaks regularly at conferences and other events, as well as on cruise ships.

Interests:

Travelling, F1 motorsport, NBA, scuba diving, space flight.